Chapter 24 - The New Deal

Eleanor Roosevelt

________ spoke throughout the 1930s on behalf of racial justice and put continuing pressure on her husband and others in the federal government to ease discrimination against blacks.

Mortgage relief

________ was a pressing need for millions of farm owners and homeowners.

Social Security

________ was designed primarily to fulfill long- range goals.

Social Security Act

In addition, the ________ created a system of unemployment insurance, which employers alone would finance and which made it possible for workers laid off from their jobs to receive temporary government assistance.

Congress

To protect investors in the stock market, ________ passed the so- called Truth in Securities Act of 1933, requiring corporations issuing new securities to provide full and accurate information about them to the public.

CCC

The ________ created camps in national parks and forests and in other rural and wilderness settings.

Franklin Roosevelt

________ helped enhance the power of the federal government.

Treasury Department

The bill provided for ________ inspection of all banks before they would be allowed to reopen, for federal assistance to some troubled institutions, and for a thorough reorganization of those in the greatest difficulty.

water transportation

It improved ________, virtually eliminated flooding in the region, and provided electricity to thousands who had never before had it.

Social Security program

The ________ at first excluded domestic servants, waitresses, and other predominantly female occupations.

Roosevelt

________ appointed the first female cabinet member in the nations history, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins.

Johnson

________ called on every business establishment in the nation to accept a temporary "blanket code: "a minimum wage of between 30 and 40 cents an hour, a maximum workweek of thirty- five to forty hours, and the abolition of child labor.

direction of Harry Hopkins

Under the ________, the WPA was responsible for building or renovating 110, 000 public buildings (schools, post offices, government office buildings) and for constructing almost 600 airports, more than 500, 000 miles of roads, and over 100, 000 bridges.